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Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Bruce Hobson, MD November 2015
... change in how physicians practise, and improve patient health outcomes. Traditionally doctors have participated in ... are moving toward taking more responsibility for their own health, and the use of EMRs has become widespread. To ...
Letters / BY: Alexander Frame, MD, MHSc, November 2015
... dynamic discussion and policy formation on several key health issues for Canadians. Despite the efforts of devoted ... strategy has been slow to materialize. Consequently our health care system continues to be significantly overburdened ... and antipsychotic use are active in the Fraser Health Authority residential care facilities, with one ...
Letters / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP November 2015
... unprecedented levels of collaboration as we advocate for health care system improvements. Yet, as I talk with ... and we need to be collegial. Together we can change the health care climate for the better. —Eric Cadesky, MD  ...
News November 2015
... legislative and other political activities in support of health care CMA Honorary Membership Award This award goes to ... for Poli-tical Action  •    Award for Excellence in Health Pro-motion  •    Award for Young Leaders ...
Obituaries / BY: Lilie Hartwell, November 2015
... after he returned Dr Hartwell joined the City of Vancouver Health Department, and soon became the director of Vancouver City Occupational Health Services. He remained in that position until he ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB November 2015
... a lot these days, especially when it comes to our health care system. And there is good reason for that. We ... truly engaged—with each other, with our patients, with health authorities and government, and with our allied health professionals. Doctors of BC has a history of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP December 2015
... significant changes in the delivery and utilization of health care in BC. These include changes in health care consumer patterns with a growing and aging ... often complex treatment options. In addition, changes in health care provider patterns are evident with physicians ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jenny M. Young, MSW, MA December 2015
Health care providers are often immobilized when presented ... disorders, and who deny that they are ill. In these cases health care providers may be unsure what to do or how to ... and may even avoid decision making until the patient’s health deteriorates. Cases such as those described below ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elspeth M. McDougall, MD, FRCSC, MHPE, December 2015
... simulation is now being applied to education for health care professionals. Deliberate practice of a skill ... skills such as communication. The training of a competent health care professional is a complex multidimensional ... strategy and should be integrated into a well-developed health care professional training curriculum. Proponents of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM December 2015
... pneumonia, particularly in individuals with compromised health status.  Legionella pneumophila  serogroup 1 ... of Legionnaires’ disease are uncommon. The BC Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory offers a wide ... stable. In 2014 a small cluster of positive cases in one health authority likely contributed to the increase in cases ...